Male threaded implant drill

ABSTRACT

The Male Threaded Implant Drill will assist in the process that will allow a surgeon to place a dental implant in the mandible and/or maxilla bone(s) while working in conjunction with a stent. The Male Threaded Implant Drill is used in the placement of a surgical dental implant perfectly parallel to other dental implant(s) and root structures. The Implant Drill is used in conjunction with a surgical dental implant stent that will allow a surgeon to place dental implant(s) at a predetermined depth within the mandible and/or maxilla of a patient undergoing surgery.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

U.S. Ser. No. 11/80,366, U.S. Ser. No. 11/807,360, U.S. Ser. No.11/807,377. The stated application numbers benefit the Male ThreadedImplant Drill as collectively they are used in manufacturing a dentalimplant stent that is used in conjunction with this product.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The Male Threaded Implant Drill is placed into use during a sequence ofsteps in conjunction with a surgical dental implant stent and issuggested to be placed under Class 433, Dentistry, as this class is aspecific class under the broader class of Surgery and includes methodsdirected to or including specific dental steps whereas the use of thisdevice ultimately facilitates the replacement of teeth. The MaleThreaded Implant Drill is suggested to be assigned the Subclass 25,Apparatus, whereas this device or subcombination thereof is forfacilitating the replacement, treatment, or testing of either natural orartificial teeth noting that the above apparatus does not remain in thepatient's mouth after treatment.

The Male Threaded Implant Drill is placed into use by creating a cavityin the maxilla and/or mandible of a dental implant patient as well asultimately solving notable problems in the process of both favorablyplacing dental implants in a patients mouth using a stent. Because theMale Threaded Implant Drill or anything to serve its exact purpose whileworking in conjunction with a dental implant stent has not previouslybeen invented, currently surgeons are unable to place a dentalimplant(s) parallel to other implant(s) or existing teeth on the arch ofthe mandible or maxilla of a patient undergoing surgery. When dentalimplants are not placed parallel to other dental implants, finalrestorations of prosthetic dental appliances are much more difficult tomanufacture and the longevity of a final restoration is shortened.Without the Male Threaded Implant Drill and/or the process of its usewith surgical dental implant stents, surgeons are unable to place adental implant at an exact predetermined depth decided upon by thesurgeon which allows the surgeon to immediately place after surgery thefinal prosthetic restoration in a patients mouth that will function inconjunction with dental implants previously placed in the mandibleand/or maxilla bone(s). When surgeons have no means to accurately followthrough with making a cavity to place a dental implant at a exactpredetermined depth, such surgeons for example when making this cavitywill pass through the bone of the mandible or maxilla and be required tofind a new site as well as restore the damaged area causing additionaltime for a patient undergoing the procedure to heal and recover.However, more frequently surgeons create a cavity in a patient's maxillaor mandible and later place an implant in this same cavity that is atuneven depths and unparallel relative to other implants. Currently,surgically placed dental implant(s) are unable to facilitate the finalrestoration of a dental prosthetic device placed in a patient's mouthimmediately after surgery.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The Male Threaded Implant Drill is placed into use during the process ofphysically creating a cavity in the maxilla or mandible of a patientundergoing dental implant surgery as well as ultimately solving notableproblems in the process of both placing dental implants in a patientsmouth at a predetermined depth and parallel to other implants and/ornatural teeth using a stent. The Male Threaded Implant Drill is placedinto use while creating a cavity in a patients mouth at a predetermineddepth and parallel to other current or planned like cavities that willor do support a dental implant. The aforementioned is accomplished byplacing the external male threads of the Male Threaded Implant Drillwith the mating internal threads of the invention with the correspondingapplication number U.S. Ser. No. 11/807,366 or any device with internalscrew threads that serves the same purpose as the invention with thecorresponding application number U.S. Ser. No. 11/807,366, with atwisting/drilling motion. Because of the unique external male threads,the Male Threaded Implant Drill will mate with the internal femalethreads of the invention with the corresponding application number U.S.Ser. No. 11/807,366 which is a part of a dental implant stent that issurgically placed in a patient's mouth. The aforementioned stent iscustom manufactured to allow the Male Threaded Implant Drill to passonly a predetermined depth into a patient's maxilla or mandible at onlyparallel spaces to other implants or natural teeth. The Male ThreadedImplant Drill for the first time will allow a surgeon to control thedepth of a cavity made to place dental implants in the mandible and/ormaxilla bone(s) of a patient while also placing such dental implantsparallel to other dental implants or teeth. The Male Threaded ImplantDrill assists in this process that ultimately allows a final dentalimplant restoration to be placed in a patient's mouth immediately aftersurgery by working in conjunction with a dental implant stent.

The Male Threaded Implant Drill creates a cavity in the maxilla and/ormandible bone(s) of a patient receiving surgically placed dentalimplants by working in conjunction with a dental implant stent andtherefore assists in allowing these dental implant(s) to be placedparallel and at predetermined depth allowing for increased longevity ofa final restoration. The Male Threaded Implant Drill functions inconjunction with the aforementioned surgical dental implant stentbecause this (the stent) will serve as a guide by only allowing the MaleThreaded Implant Drill to pass a predetermined measurable depth into thedental implant stent thus allowing a surgeon to place a dental implantat a predetermined depth in a patient's mandible and or maxilla bone(s)thus leaving no error for correct and desired dental implant placement.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 is a front view perspective of the Male Threaded Implant Drill;

FIG. 2 is a side view perspective of the Male Threaded Implant Drill.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The Male Threaded Implant Drill is best carried out while used inconjunction with a dental implant stent placed by a surgeon in apatient's mouth. Referring to FIG. 1, the Male Threaded Implant Drillhas machined external male threads located in the middle that will matewith internal female threads of the invention with application numberU.S. Ser. No. 11/807,366. When placed into position of function, thisinvention has machined drill threads positioned distally while theopposite end contains a machined mate for a device to power the rotationof the drill.

Referring to FIG. 2, the Male Threaded Implant Drill is circular indesign.

The Male Threaded Implant Drill is the first of it's kind and can bemachined out of any surgical metal such as stainless steel or titaniumwhile serving as the best way to carry out the manufacturing of thisinvention.

1. In conjunction with a dental implant stent, a dental implantplacement tool utilizing a dental implant stent that is surgicallyanchored into a patients mouth will create a cavity in the maxillaand/or mandible bone(s) that will then allow for the surgical placementof dental implant(s) in a patients mouth.
 2. The dental implantplacement tool defined in claim 1 will create a cavity in the maxillaand/or mandible bone(s) in the predetermined location of a surgeon. 3.The dental implant placement tool defined in claim 1 will create acavity in the maxilla and/or mandible bone(s) at correct parallelism toother implants or root structures.
 4. The dental implant placement tooldefined in claim 1 will create a cavity in the maxilla and/or mandiblebone(s) at depth within the maxilla and/or mandible bone(s)predetermined by a surgeon.
 5. The dental implant tool defined in claim1 will replace other dental implant placement systems that currently useor do not use stents.